Wall case



May 15, 1928.-

. 1,670,028 R. I. EUSTIS ET AL WALL CASE Filed Aug. 9, 1926. 4Sheets-Sheet 1 May 15, 1928. 1,670,028

. R. I. EUSTIS ET AL WALL CASE Filed Aug. 9, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 May15, 1928.

R. l. EUSTIS ET AL WALL CASE Filed Aug. 9, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet PatentedMay 15, 1 92".

siren srA'rEs P A k 1c ROBERT I, EUS'IIS AND FRED S. BEIGER, OF LOSANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WALL CASE.

Application filed August 9, 1926. Serial No. 128,114.

This invention relates to improvements in wall cases and is animprovement over the construction disclosed in our pending application,Serial No. 82,210, filed January 19, 1926.

An object of this invention is to provide a wall case which is formed ofa plurality of'units which may be assembled together side b side andprovide a wall case of considerable length having shelves for displaypurposes which present an appearance of being continuous and extendingthe length of the case.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved wall case unitconsisting of a support, to which wall case sections may be attached atthe back thereof. The improved wall .case is so designed that either ofa plurality of different wall case sections may be attached to thesupport and in this way wall cases of several different designs may beconstructed upon the same' support. In this way a plurality of supportsfor the various units may be kept in stock and also a plurality of thevarious sections and the various sections desired can be assembled andmounted upon the support to form the wall cases of the desired designs.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be mademanifest in the following detailed description, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of one formor design of the wall case shown as fully.

completed;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a plurality of supports for the wallcase illustrating their details of. construction;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken through the wall caseshown in Figure 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken upon the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the wall case sections adapted tobe attached or mounted upon the support;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another Wall case section which may beapplied or mounted upon the supports;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a different design which maybeconstructed upon the same supports shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a further modified design which may beconstructed from the supports shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing wherein similar referencecharacters designate similar parts throughout, the improved wall caseconsists of a plurality of units which may be assembled side by side toform a complete wall case'of considerable length, the length varyingwith the number of units assembled. Each unit consists of a supportconsisting of two vertical uprights 10 which have boards 11 fastenedagainst their sides at the bottom thereof and extending forwardly toprovide feet. The boards 11 may be fastened to the sides of the uprights10 as by screws or-bolts 12 or any equivalent construction. boards 11are spaced by blocks 13 which, are equal in width to the width of theuprights 10. Sills or joists 14 are arranged outwardly from the feetprovided by the boards 11 and are arranged parallel to the feet, thesesills defining the ends of each unit. On top of the feet and the sills14: flooring or boards 15 are mounted, thus forming a flooring on eachsupport. Against the forward sides of the uprights 10 boarding 16 isapplied, thus forming a back for the support which ex-- tends verticallyupward from the rear of the flooring.

On the sides of the uprights 10 and at the top thereof there arefastened boards 17, the forward ends of which are spaced by blocks 18.which extend forwardly from the uprights 10 over the floor and have thetop 19 secured to their under sides. On the ends of the top there arefastened cleats 20 which are arranged vertically above the sills 14 andalso serve to define. the ends of each unit.

When it is desired to form a wall case of a length considerably greaterthan the len th of a unit, a plurality of units are assembled togetherside by side. Bolts 21 are passed through apertures in the abuttin sillson the adjacent ends of the units and olts-22 are passed throughapertures in the abutting cleats 20 on the adjacent ends of the units.When these bolts are tightened b means of nuts thereon the units will bermly held together side by side. The back 16 is pfeferably not quite aswide as the widest dimension'on the unit, so that there will be left asmall space between the backs of the adjacent units. This space iscovered such as by boards 23 which are applied against the front facesof the backs 16.-

Wall case sections are also provided such as are shown in Figs. 5 and 6.{The section The forward ends of the The boards 17 form top joists shownin Fig. 5 being designed to receive drawers 24. This section has abottom 25, sides 26, a dividing partition 27 and a top 28. There is alsoprovided on the section a back 29 having apertures 30 formed therein. Aplurality of apertures 31 are formed through the back 16 of each unitand also through the uprights 10 which receive bolts 32.

When it is desired to apply the section shown in Fig. 5 to the supportin forming a wall case of the design shown in Figs. 1 or 7, the sect-ionin Fig. 5 is held against the back and the bolts 32 are caused to enterthe apertures 30. On tightening nuts on the forward ends of the bolts 32the section shown in Fig. 5 will be rigidly held against the back of thesupport intermediate its top and bottom. If it is desired toadditionally brace the section shown in Fig. 5 a rod 33 may be fastenedto the back and a similar rod 34 may be fastened to the under side ofthe bottom 25, these rods being connected by a turn buckle 35, thusforming a brace bracing the forward end of the section.

, When this section has been applied tothe wall case support a sashtrack or guide 36 is fastened to the bottom 25 on the under side thereofand a similar sash track or guide 37 is mounted on the floor 15 at theforward edge thereof and sliding closures 38, preferably formed ofglass, are mounted for sliding movement in the uides 36 and 37.

In this way there will be ormed a wall case compartment between thesection which has been applied to the support and the floor.

The construction of the upper part of the wall case can be varied. If itis desired to form a wall case of the design shown in Fig. 7 a sashtrack or guide 39 is mounted on the under side of the top 19 at theforward edge. thereof and a sash track or guide 40 ismounted on the top28 of the section vertically below the guide 39. Glass closures 41' arethen installed, serving to form a compartment in the wall case betweenthe section and the top. In constructing the modification shown in Fig.7, after the glass closures 41 are installed an ornamental foot-' ing 42is applied across the forward ends of the feet on the various supportsto present a neat and attractive appearance and in a similar manner anornamental molding 43 is applied to the forward ends of the boards 17 onthe top to coverthe ends of these boards and present a n t appearance.Shelves 44 can be installeifiese shelves being supported upon brackets45 which are fastened to the back 16 and if desired, these brackets canbe braced by any suitable braces. In the event that it is desired toform a wall case of the design shown in Figure 1, instead of that shownin Fig. 7, after the wall case section shown in Fig. 5 has been with anend which may be of any ornamental appearance such as is shown at 49,whereas those wall case sections illustrated in Fig. 6 which are used onthe intermediate units do not have ends corresponding to the end .49.This wall case section is mounted upon the back of the wall case supportin a similar manner to that employed in mounting the wall case sectionshown in Fig. 5.

The bolts 32 which pass through the upper apertures 31 in the back 16and the uprights 10 are caused to pass through the apertures formed inthe securing cleat 47 and in this way the top 46 of the wall casesection shown in Fig. 6 will be rigidly fastened to the back of the wallcase support intermediate its top and floor. After this wall casesection has been applied and the sash track or guide 39 has been appliedto the under side of the top, a sash track or guide 50 is applied to thetop surface of the top 46 of the wall case section shown in Fig. 6, andsliding glass closures 51 are installed so as to slide between thetracks 39 and 50 forwardly of the shelves 44.

It will be readily appreciated that the modification shown in Fig. 1affords a much greater table space on top of the section shown in Fig. 5than the table space afforded by the design shown in Fig. 7. lVhen thishas been completed the footing 42 and the molding 43 are applied tofinish the wall case.

In the modification shown in Fig. 8 the Wall section shown in Figs. 5and 6 are completely eliminated. This Wall case is constructed from aplurality of supports, as shown in Fig. 2, and in constructing it, it ismerely necessary to mount the sash guide 37 on the floor atthe forwardedge thereof and the sash guide 39 on the top 19 at the forward edgethereof. Large glass closures 52 are then installed and caused to slideback and forth between these sash guides or tracks. A suitablesupporting rod or hanger 53 can be fastened to the under side of thetop, if desired, to support articles within the wall case. As there aretwo glass closures for each wall case unit and the units abut eachother, the closures on any intermediate unit can be caused to slide overon,

ing articles in the wall case or in removmg 'them therefrom.

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Regardless of which design is constructed from the support when the wallcase is completed the end units have corner posts mounted at their outerends and. suitable glass panes are installed. For example, in themodification shown in Figure l, suitable corner posts 54: connect thetop 19 and the top 46 of the upper wall case section and panes 55 formend closures between the corner post and the back. In a similar mannercorner posts 56 join the bottom 25 with the floor and panes 57 form ends'for the lower compartments in the wall case.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 the corner posts 56 and the panes 57are employed and the corner posts 58 join the top 19 with the top of thesingle wall case sec; tion employed in this modification. Panes 59 alsoform ends for the upper wall case compartment corresponding to thepanes55.

In the modification shown in Fig. .8 corner posts 60 extend from the top19 clear to the floor 15 and the ends of this case are completely closedby the large panes 61.

From the above described construction it will be appreciated that animproved wall case is rovided consisting of a plurality of units w ichmaybe assembled side by side. Each unit has a support to which variouswall case sections may be applied and by this construction wall cases ofseveral differ ent designs may be constructed upon the same unit.Consequently, it is only necessary to keep in stock a certain number ofsupports and a-certain number of each of the wall case sections.Whenever it is desired to construct a complete wall case of either ofthe designs shown, the required .number of supports or sections may beshipped to the location where the wall case is to be installed. Thesections may then be applied and the shelves and glass closures can thenbe mounted upon the support, thus forming the desired wall case. As theshelves are so arranged that their end ed es on the intermediate unitsare flush with the ends of the support for that unit, the various units,when assembled,will form shelves-extending the complete length of thewall case, giving the appearance of being continuous. Furthermore, asthe corner posts 58 are not employed upon intermediate units the shelveswill be completely exposed the complete length and thus en able them tobe well lighted in displaying the various articles positioned thereon.

.Various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdepartingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by theappended claims.

We claim:

1. A wall case unit comprising a pair of vertical uprights, feetattached to the bottom thereof and extending forwardly, sills arrangedoutwardly of said feet and parallel i to the same, eachsill defining anend of the unit, flooring covering said sills and feet, boardingattached to the forward side of the uprights, top joists extendingforwardly of the uprights over the floor and'having top boarding securedto its lower sides, cleats onsaid boarding above said bottom sills, saidcleats also servingto define the ends of each unit and means extendingthrough said uprights and forwardly thereof, whereby a plurality ofsections of different design may be interposed between said floor boardsand said top joists' 2. A wall case comprising apluralitypfunits-identical in construction, arranged slde each sill defining an endof the unit, floor ing covering said sills and feet, boarding attachedto the forward side of the uprights, to joists extending forwardly ofthe uprig ts over the floor and having top boarding secured to its lowersides, cleats on said boarding above said bottom sills said cleats alsoserving to define the end 0 each unit and means extending through saiduprights and forwardly thereof, whereby a plurality of sections ofdifierent design may be interposed between said floor boards and saidtop joists. I

3. A wall case unit comprising a pair of vertical uprights, feetattached to the bottom thereof and extending forwardly, sills arrangedoutwardly of said feet and parallel to the same, each sill defining anend of the unit, floorlng covering said sills and feet, boardingattached to the forward side of the uprights, top joists extendingforwardly of the uprights over the floor and having top boarding securedto its lower sides, cleats on said top boarding above said bottom sills,said cleats also serving to deextending through said uprights and forwardly thereof, and a plurality of sections of different designinterchangeably interosed between said floor boards and said top goists,whereby the characteristic designof said wall case unit may beinterchangeably changed.

4. A wall case unitcomprising a pair of vertical uprights, feet attachedto the bot tom thereof and extending forwardly, sills arranged outwardlyof said feet and par- .0 fine the ends of each unit, attaching meansallel to the same, each sill defining an end of the unit, flooringcovering said sills and feet, boarding attached to the forward side ofthe uprights, top joistsextending forwardly of the uprights over thefloor and having top boarding secured to its lower sides, cleats on saidtop boarding above said bottom sills, said cleats also serving to definethe ends of each unit, attaching means extending through said uprightsand forwardly thereof, and a wall case section attached to said uprightsby said attaching means.

5. A wall case comprising a plurality of units arranged side by side topresent a continuous appearance, each unit comprising a pair of verticaluprights, feet attached to the bottom thereof and extending forwardly,sills arranged outwardly of said feet and parallel to the same, eachsill defining an end of the unit, flooring covering said sills and feet,boarding attached to the forward side of the uprights, top joistsextending forwardly of the uprights over the floor and having topboarding secured to its lower sides, cleats on said boarding above saidbottom sills, said cleats also'serving to define the ends of each unit,attaching means extending through said uprights and forwardly thereof,wall case sections secured to said attachin means and slidable glassclosures extending between said sections and said flooring.

6. A wall case comprising a plurality of units arranged side by side topresent a continuous appearance, each unit comprising a pair of verticaluprights, feet attached-to the ottom thereof and extending forwardly,

sills arranged outwardly of said feet and parallel to the same, eachsill defining an end of the unit; flooring covering said sills and feet,boarding attached to the forward side of the uprights, top joistsextending forwardly of the uprights over the floor and having topboarding secured to its lower sides, cleats onsaid boarding above saidbottom sills, said cleats also serving to de' fine the ends of eachunit, attaching means extending through said uprights and forwardlythereof, wall case sections secured to said attaching means and slidableglass closures extending between said sections and said flooring, eachclosure being-substantially the length of a unit and means whereby theentire said closure may be slid on to the adjacent section whereby theentire floor space of a unit may be completely accessible.

7 A wall case comprising a plurality of units arranged side by side topresenta continuous appearance, each unit comprising a pair of verticaluprights, feet attached to the bottom thereof and extending forwardly,sills arranged outwardly of said feet and parallel to the same, eachsill defining an end of the unit, flooring covering said sills and feet,boarding attached to the forward side means and slidable glass closuresextending between said sections and said flOOIlIl each closure beingsubstantially-the lengt of a unit and means whereby the entire said 010-sure may be slid on to the adjacent section whereby the entire floorspace of a unit may be completely accessible, and end units having frontuprights and an open side completing the finished appearance of saidwall case.

8. A wall ease unit comprising a support, a floor extending forwardly ofsaid support, said support comprising a back, a top extending forwardlyfrom the top of said back over the floor, and a wall casesection-detachably secured to the back, sliding glass elosures slidablebetween the section and the floor, said closures being substantiallyequal in length to the length of said unit.

9. A wall case comprising a plurality of units arranged end to'end andpresenting a continuous appearance, each unit comprising a support, afloor extending forwardly ofsaid support, said support comprising aback, a top extending forwardly from the top of said back over thefloor, and a wall case section detachably secured to the back, slidingglass closures slidable between the section and the floor, saidclosuresbeing substantially equal in len th to the length of said unit, andmeans w ereby a closure may be slid completely off of one unit on to thenext unit, whereby the center of said unit may be completely off of oneunit on to the next unit, whereby the center of said unit ma becompletely accessible, and end units, eac of which has, an end support.

11. A wall case unit comprising a support, a fioor extending forwardlyof said support, said support comprising a back, a top extendingforwardly from the top of said back over the floor, and a wallcasesection detachably secured to the back, sliding lass closures slidablebetween the section an the top, said closures being substantially equalin length to the length of said unit.

12. A wall case comprising a plurality of units arranged side by sideand presenting a continuous appearance, said units comprising a floor, aback and a top extending over said floor and shorter than said floor,attaching means on said back whereby a lurality of wall case sectionsmay be attac ed emmas to said back, said units being identical inconstruction.

13. A wall case comprising a plurality of units arranged side by sideand presenting a continuous appearance, said units comprising a floor, aback and a top extending over said floor and shorter than said floor,attaching means on said back whereby a plurality of wall case sectionsmay be attached to said back, said units being identical inconstruction, and end units, each of which has an end support. I

14. A wall case comprising a plurality of units arranged end to end andpresenting a continuous appearance, each unit comprising a support, afloor extending forwardly of said support, said support comprising aback, a top extending forwardly from the top of said back over thefloor, and a wall case section detachably secured to the back, sliding20 glass closures slidable between the section and the top, saidclosures being substantially equal in length to the length of said unit,and means whereby a closure may be slid completely ofl of one unit on tothe next 25 unit, whereby the center ofsaid unit may be completelyaccessible.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

ROBERT I. uus'rrs. FRED s. BEIGER.

